Helen Keller on lines
Helen Keller writes that what she calls beauty is “largely derived from the flow of curved and straight lines which is over all things.”
Beauty , defined, undefined
There’s something risible about the head of a cosmetics conglomerate pushing for a redefinition — or undefinition — of beauty.
Being wrong about beauty (2)
Being wrong about beauty
Elaine Scarry: “Those who remember making an error about beauty usually . . . recall the exact second when they first realized they had made an error.” With Pet Sounds as an example.
“When justice has been taken away”
From Elaine Scarry’s On Beauty and Being Just.